From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very tall gangster-type character leans against the Washington Monument, his elbow on top of the monument. The gangster is labeled, "Monument to Washington," and he is holding...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A weatherman labeled "Lake Pontchartrain hurricane protection program" gestures with a pointer at Lake Ponchartrain on a large map that shows the eastern United States. Near Washington...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 14, 2006 with Steve Grimm, CEO of what was then known as Crosby Memorial Hospital in Picayune, MS. Mr. Grimm discusses preparations for the hospital and the recovery effort after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 14, 1972 and January 25, 1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 28, 1993 with Judge Michael L. Carr (born 1920). He moved to Mississippi when he received an appointment to serve as law clerk to Edwin R. Holmes, U.S. circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rawson Woods, dated March 14, 1967, in which Campbell discusses the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. The organization lost...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Duncan Gray, dated November 5, 1964. Campbell writes for Gray's opinion on the organization of an interracial Committee for Mississippi Churchmen.
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Luther Holcomb, dated October 19, 1962. During a recent visit to the University of Mississippi, Campbell's connection to Holcomb allowed him to see...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated October 12, 1964. Campbell discusses the proposed organization of a group of interracial Churchmen of Mississippi, and his...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. J.C. Herrin, dated March 5, 1962, in which Campbell discusses the situation of Rev. R.B. Smith of Indianola, Mississippi. Smith, a pastor, was forced to...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. William Dobbins, dated January 27, 1964. Campbell discusses his work with the Committee of Southern Churchmen as well as the upcoming organizational...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Merrimon Cuninggim (spelled Cunningim in the document) of the Danforth Foundation, dated May 15, 1964. As the Director of the newly-formed Committee of Southern...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds, dated November 8, 1962, written in response to a memo from Dodds. Campbell explains his reaction and concerns regarding the proposed...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Dr. McLeod (misspelled as MacLeod in the letter) Bryan of Wake Forest College regarding Campbell's dismissal from the University of Mississippi in October 1956. ...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Ray Gibbons, dated May 12, 1964, regarding the intentions of the Committee of Southern Churchmen in Mississippi. Campbell discusses the current...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Sam H. Franklin, dated November 5, 1964, in which Campbell provides information regarding civil rights activities in Mississippi. He notes that Franklin...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Jane Eddy, dated February 14, 1963. Campbell informs Eddy that he is sending her various newspapers and articles as evidence that The Free Press was not the...
